A Chritmas Kindness by C.C. Geory
Eight-year-old
Robert is eager to share his wish list with Santa at the mall on Christmas Eve.
When he meets Glenn, who has only one request for Santa, Robert is confused
over what he should do. Can he cast aside what he wants and ask Santa to bring
his new friend a special gift?
Why the Pen Name?
Ever
since I told my friends about A Christmas
Kindness (available soon from 4RV Publishing), the one question they have
asked the most is: “Why the pen name?”
There
is this funny term out there called “branding.” I’ve read about it on various
agent blogs. Simply put, it’s how you market your work. Say Beverly Lewis or
Suzanne Woods Fisher and you think Amish fiction. Say Stephen King and you
expect horror novels. If you’re looking for a mystery suspense novel, Lisa
Gardner might come to mind. An author who chooses a genre and sticks with it is
attractive to agents and publishers. And readers come to depend on a certain
type of book when they seek out your name.
I
figured, the way I might best serve my writing career is to keep my faith-based
books separate from my secular ones. Little did I know how challenging that
decision would be.
It
requires the creation and maintenance of separate social media accounts, and
the expense of maintaining two websites. It means being conscious of not
releasing a book under one name at the same time I’m releasing a book under the
other name, making them compete against each other for sales. And, as I’m
discovering, it takes a fair amount of time.
Overall,
I still think it was a good choice, but only time will tell.
Have
you ever used a pen name? What made you consider it? Are you happy with your
decision?
Wishing
everyone a blessed holiday season and a happy New Year!
Cheryl Malandrinos, writing as C. C.
Gevry, is a children’s author and editor. She is a member of SCBWI. A Christmas
Kindness is her first book with 4RV Publishing. Visit her online at http://ccgevry.com
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Wishing you and your readers a blessed holiday season.
Cheryl
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